Speaker: Mr. Riley Owen, Naval Officer, U.S. Navy Reserve and CEO, Doers Network
Title: Arctic Geopolitics: The Gamble for Greenland
Bio: Riley Owen served in the White House shaping American trade and manufacturing policy. In the private sector, he has continued that mission in the shipbuilding, critical minerals, and drone industries to revitalize U.S.-Allied capabilities and supply chains. He currently manages strategy and operations for a defense technology startup while serving as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve. He also cofounded and runs a wildlife conservation foundation leveraging AI-enabled drone technology to combat poaching of rhinoceros in Southern Africa. He is an avid outdoorsman, Eagle Scout, and Explorers Club member having sailed across the Tasman Sea, summited Kilimanjaro, paraglided the Caucasus, and circum-cycled Puerto Rico.
Riley is an Arctic subject matter expert from years of field research assessing regional security dynamics, supporting the EUR/NATO team in OSD Policy, and serving as a volunteer in Denmark for two years where he developed fluency in Danish and later returned to work for former NATO Secretary-General Anders Rasmussen. He studied international relations (magna cum laude) at Princeton University while leading the men's rugby program before earning an Eisenhower Scholarship to earn a Master of Public Policy (with merit) at the University of Oxford. He is now the CEO of the Doers Network, a grassroots movement supporting conservatives focused on results, not rhetoric.
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